Liquid-fuel-burning apparatus



I. F. ZALEWSKI. I

LIQUlD FUEL BURNING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED OCT 23.1920.

1,40 ,520, Patented Feb. 14, 1922.

a z'zakwkz UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

renlaoy 'ZALEWSKI, or ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT.

LIQU1D-EUEL-BURNING APIARATUS.

Application filed October 23, 1920.

To all who-m it may] concern Be it known that l, i 31 or F. Zrmnwsm, acitizen of the United 6 .tes esidi at Ansonia, in the county of New iaven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements inliiquid- Fuel-Burning Apparatus, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to oil lnirners burners constructed according tomy invention being adapted for application to the fire boxes of ordinarysolid fuel domestic stoves, or may be suitably arranged in any otherdesired manner.

The present invention has for an object to provide an eiiicient burnerfor use with crude oil, with a consequent cheapening or fuel cost,another objecthaving reference to the burning of a greater or lesserquantity of oil according to the manner ofpiping the same to the burner.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

Fig. 1 of the drawings is a side elevation of my improved burner,showing an enclosing stove casing in longitudinal section.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fi g. 3 is a detail perspective view showing a burner tip steamdischarge element.

Fig. at is a fragmentary longitudinal section. of the feed pipe.

in the present embodiment oi the invention I have shown a pair of myimproved burners mounted in a stove casing 10 of any suitableconstruction, it being understood that the precise application of theburner is not material to the present invention, as the burner might beapplied to the firebox of an ordinary domestic stove adapted to burnsolid fuel, the present invention relating rather to the generalsystemthan to the con.- struct-ion of the burner itsel'l".

In carrying out my invention I preferably provide a tank 11 which issubdivided by a horizontal partition 12 into upper and lowercompartments, the upper compart' ment being adapted to contain the oil,and.

the lower compartment water. From the oil compartment a feed pipe 13leads to a three-way valve 1 1. From this valve a pair Specification ofLetters Patent.

PatentedFeb. 14, 1922. Serial No. 19,113.

of pipes 15 of reduced size are led, it being understood that it only asingle burner were be ng supplied the valve 14 would'be constructedaccordingly with only one of the reduced pipes 15 leading therefrom,these reduced pipes being hereinafter referred to as tubes. Q i

Thesetubes 15 communicate in turn with other pipes 16 which extend invertically arranged loops terminating in burners 1? of ordinaryconstruction the upper reaches of the loops passing over the burners andhaving circularly expanded pan-like vaporizing chambers 18 therein. i i

The tubes 15 and pipes 16 may be joined together in the manner shown inFig. 1-, the tube 15 ending in a head 20'which is clamped upon the endof the pipe 16 by a screwcap 21. Extending from end to end through thepipes 16 are a series of fine wires 22 which act after the manner of astrainer.

Connected with the upper part of the water compartment of the tank 11 isan air pump 24 while pipe 25 leads from the lower end of the watercompartment and is suitably branched at 26, these branches leading to apair of horizontally arranged tubular rings 27 located under thevaporizing chambers 18 and slightly above the burners 17. These rings 27have upwardly projecting nozzles 28 thereom while the branch pipes maybe controlled by valve 29. in the operation of the device the valve 1%is turned as desired and the oil flows by gravity through the pipes 1 3,15 and 16. the Wires 22 serving to split up and filter the oil so thatit evaporates more readily in the chamber 18. The pump 24: is operatedto force the water into the rings 27 and in jets against the chambers 18the heatof the vaporizing chambers serving to convert the water intosteam, causing the vaporizing chamber to be immersed in a bath of steam,increasing the intensity of the heatradiating from the burner andincreasing the efficiencv of the apparatus.

The application of the invention to the lers Patent of the United Statesis as follows:

1. In a. liquid fuel burning apparatus, a

burner, a fuel supply pipe leading to said burner, said pipe presentinga vertically arranged loop, a vaporizing chamber in the top of said loopcomprising a circular panlike element, and a steam jet device interposedbetween the said burner and vaporizing chamber and comprising a tubularring having upwardly projecting nozzles located close proximity to thecircumference of said vaporizing chamber.

In a liquid fuel burning apparatus, a receptacle for the fuel; a burner,a pipe leading from the receptacle to the burner, said pipe presenting avertically arranged loop, and an expanded vaporizing chamber in the topof said loop above the said burner and a steam jet device interposed insaid loop between said vaporizing chamber and burner.

In a liquid fuel burning apparatus, a

burner, an evaporating chamber above said burner, steam jet device belowsaid evaporating chamber, and a fuel supply conduit leading through saidevaporating chamber to said burner said steam jet device comprising atubular ring having a series of upwardly projecting nozzles.

l. In a liquid fuel burning apparatus, fuel and Water receptacles, anairpump connected to the Water receptacle, a burner, a conduit includinga vaporizing chamber leading to said burner, a tubular ring under saidvaporizing chamber, ring a pipe leading to said ring from the waterreceptacle, a second pipe leading through the said vaporizing chamber tothe said burner, and a series of fine wires extending longitudinallythrough the said second pipe.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature. I

IGNAGY F. ZALEWSKI.

nozzles on said

